..This study evaluates how often the self-report of a low sodium (Na) intake is reflected by a low 24-h urinary sodium excretion and examines the influence of incomplete urinary collections on this comparison...

..This study uses a large, prospectively collected database to examine the effect on 2-week mortality of ICP reduction therapies administered to patients with severe TBI treated either with or without an ICP monitor...

A comparison of morning blood pressure surge in African Americans and whites

..This study utilizes a large prospective database to examine the effect of response to ICP-lowering therapy on risk of death within the first 2 weeks of injury in patients who sustained TBI and are older than 16 years...

Race differences in the physical and psychological impact of hypertension labeling

Tanya M SpruillDivision of General Internal Medicine, Department of Medicine, New York University School of Medicine, New York, USAAm J Hypertens 25:458-63. 2012

..The purpose of this study was to evaluate possible race differences in the relationship between hypertension labeling and health-related quality of life and depression...

Effect of early nutrition on deaths due to severe traumatic brain injury

..Whether these findings show that it is the circulating levels of TGF-beta1 that contribute to renal disease progression or the findings reflect other unmeasured factors, further longitudinal studies are needed...

Implications of a new definition of vitamin D deficiency in a multiracial us adolescent population: the National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey III